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"Berkeley's Three Dialogues" is a key text in the history of philosophy - the dialogues are, with the exception of Hume's, arguably the most important philosophical dialogues written in English. This work offers an account of this philosophical work. It gives a review of the key themes and a commentary that can enable readers to navigate the text.

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Tackles some of the problems in Berkeley's philosophy by providing a fresh interpretation of Berkeley's core ontological doctrines and their relationship to his views about self-consciousness. This work examines that Berkeley is led to adopt a model of self-consciousness because he rejects basic metaphysics of many of his predecessors.

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A student's guide to the philosophy of George Berkeley, one of the most widely-studied philosophers, whose work and ideas students can find particularly challenging. It covers a range of Berkeley's philosophical work, offering a review of his views on philosophy and common sense and the nature of philosophical perplexity.

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A student's guide to the philosophy of George Berkeley, one of the most widely-studied philosophers, whose work and ideas students can find particularly challenging. It covers a range of Berkeley's philosophical work, offering a review of his views on philosophy and common sense and the nature of philosophical perplexity.

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One of the most prominent philosophers and activists of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell is known not only for his fundamental contributions on the scope of human knowledge and on mathematical logic, but also for his often-controversial views on ethical and linguistic topics.

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Bertrand Russell was not only one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, he was also a humanitarian and activist who fought for many moral, social, and political causes. This book brings a new dimension to our understanding of Russell's life, his activism, and his contribution to moral philosophy.

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Whilst both of these leading French philosophers of post- structuralism have been widely studied, little has been done to examine the relation between them. The contributors to this collection explore and compare their work via a number of key themes.

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An original collection of essays that presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the relationship between Hegel and Spinoza, the two major alternatives to mainstream Enlightenment thought.

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Arguing that Kierkegaard's poetics takes shape in conversation with many of the major themes of early German Romanticism, this book offers an appreciation of the depth of Kierkegaard's engagement with Romanticism, and of the contours of his alternative to that literary movement.

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Offers an ethical exploration of our responsibilities to the animals with whom we share the planet. Issues to do with animal ethics remain at the heart of public debate. This book explores the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation.

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Offers an ethical exploration of our responsibilities to the animals with whom we share the planet. This book explores the ways in which we personally relate to other creatures through our diet, as pet owners and as beneficiaries of experimentation.

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Focuses on the societies we live in, not our genes, that determine how we think and feel. This book examines why mental illness differs so widely between cultures to how geography influences morals, from our sexual preferences to how we learn languages, the author proves that the diversity of behaviour is not ingrained.

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Explores the implications of our animal origins and posthuman futures for our understanding of our humanity and our relations with other species. This title investigates what it means to call ourselves human beings in relation to both our distant past and our possible futures as a species.